Coin-controlled vending-machine.



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COIN GONTROLLED VENDING MAGHINB.

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UNITED 'sTATEs PATENT OFFICE.

ELIJAI-I 1E. SPAULDING, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

COIN-CONTROLLED VENDING-MACHINE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELIJAH F. SPAULDING, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coin- ,Controlled Vending-Machines, of which the following .is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in coin-controlled vending machines, and it consists in the novel features, arrangements, and combinations of parts hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

The object of the invention is to provide an entirely efiicient and reliable vending machine, capable of ready manufacture and operation and adapted to be operated for ejecting goods only upon the introduction of the proper coins to the machine.

The invention will be fully understood from the detailed description hereinafter presented, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which:

. Figure 1 is a vertical section on the dot ted line 1-1 of Fig. 3, of a machine constructed in accordance with and embodying the invention, the operative mechanism be- ..ing shown in its normal initial or inoperated position; Fig. 2 is a like view of the same, with the parts shown in their operated position, a piece of confection being shown as dislodged from the tray or stack and a coin being shown as having become dislodged from its holding means and descend ing to the receptacle provided within the casing of the machine to receive coins; Fig. 3 is a front view of the lower portion of the machine with certain features omitted and other parts in section, the front of the cabinet being omitted and the right hand half of the front coin plate down which the coins slide after having passed through the coin slots being removed, while the left hand half of said plate is shown in position with a coin indicated thereon first wholly by dotted lines and then upon arriving at its final position partly by solid lines; Fig. t is a front elevation on. a reduced scale of a front portion of the machine; Fig. 5 is a detached vertical section on the dotted line 55 of Fig. 4 of the operative interior mechanism of the machine, said mechanism being shown in its inoperated position by solid lines and a portion of said mechanism being indicated in its'operated position by dotted lines; Fig.

Patented Jan. 17, 1911.

Serial No. 529,528.

r 6 is a detached sectional view corresponding with a portion of Fig. 1 illustrating a coin as having started forwardly, from the position shown in Fig. 1, and engaging said coin preparatory to the further forward movement of the ejector during which the coin ejector acting against the coin, having elevated the goods ejector in rear of the stack of confections, will finally turn the coin plate forwardly to the position shown in Fig. 2, while at the same time the goods ejectordislodges the lower piece of confection from the stack thereof; Fig. 7 is a View of the same mechanism shown in Fig. 6 but illustrates the position the coin ejector will take with respect to the coin plate when no goods are in the tray or holder, the coin then being stopped in its descent by the upper member of the coin ejector, as shown in Fig. 7, preparatory to its return on the pull of the operating handle to the customer; Fig. 8 is a detached view, taken from the rear edge, of a portion of one of the goods ejectors, and is presented to show the spring by which the ejector is automatically secured in its upper position after having been moved upwardly by the engagement of the coin ejector with the coin, said spring yieldingly holding the goods ejector in its upper position and permitting the weight of the stack of goods to automatically depress the goods ejector upon the dislodgment of the lower piece from said stack; Fig. 9 is a vertical longitudinal section through a portion of one of the trays for holding a stack of the confections with a portion. of the goods ejector illustrated and one of the pieces of confection being shown as partly dislodged, while the other or adjacent pieces in the stack are illustrated as having tilted from a true horizontal plane; Fig. 9 is presented to illustrate the value of one portion of the invention, said portion in its operation preventing the happening of the condition illustrated in Fig. 9, as hereinafter explained; Fig. 10 is a vertical section on a reduced scale through a vending machine embodymy invention but illustrating a modification of one part thereof; and Fig. 11 is a front view of a portion of the same.

In the drawings 20 designates the cabinet as a whole, said cabinet comprising a back 21, sides 22, an upper removable front 23 behind which the trays for the stacks of confections are located, and a lower front hinged held upon the coin plate and the coin ejector movable front 23 may be of any suitable character and the one shown corresponds substantially with the removable front described in the Letters Patent No. 935,824 and No. 939,563 heretofore granted to me. The front 23 is supported upon the. upper edge of a plate 26, as described in the said Letters Patent, and said plate 26 at its lower portion affords a discharge opening 27 forthe pieces of confection sold.

The trays for the stacks of confections are numbered 28 and are of customary character, said trays having below their lower ends base plates 29 for supporting the stacks of confections or pieces 30 at their end portions, as shown in Fig. 3. The plates 29 below each stack are separated at their facing edges so as to afford space for the passage between them of the goods ejector. Upon the pieces of confection 30 I apply weights 31, as usual. At the front and extending forwardly and downwardly from the trays 28 is the stationary coin slot plate 32 down which the purchased pieces of confection slide through the opening 27 and which is formed with a coin slot 33 for each tray 28. The coin slot plate 32 is stationary and at its front edge turns downwardly and terminates immediately above the upper edge of the door 24.

3 Below the coin slot plate 32 and mounted in grooves 34 in the sides of the cabinet are rigid supporting bars 35 for the operative mechanism of the machine. The bars 35 are connected together at their rear ends by a transverse bar 36 and at their forward portions by a transverse downwardly and inwardly inclined plate 37 between which and a hinged front coin plate 38 the coins fed through the coin slots necessarily pass. The plate 37 is rigid with the bars 35 and the plate 38 is hinged at its upper end while at its lower end said plate is given a normal spring tension toward the plate 37 by means of the coiled spring 39 and lever 40, the upper end of the latter being fulcrumed in a forwardly projecting arm 41 while its lower end passes freely through a slot 42 in a guide 43 connected with the lower end of said plate 38, as more clearly shown in Fig. 5.

The tension of the spring 39 draws the plate 38 toward the plate 37 but also permits, under rearwardly direct pressure, the movement of said plate 38 downwardly and forwardly from the plate 37 and to the position illustrated in Fig. 2.

The slidable portion of the operatlve mechanism is carried by a transverse bar 44 which is mounted at its ends in horizontal grooves 45 formed in the bars 35, and said bar 44 is yieldingly held at its inner posi-- tion shown in Fig. 1 by means of the spring 39 and is arranged to be pulled forwardly or to its position shown in Fig. 2 by means of the operating rod 46 having on its outer end a convenient handle 47. The inner end of the rod 46 is fastened to the bar 44. When by means of the handle 47 and rod 46 the bar 44 is pulled to its outer position and said thereby, and the upwardly extending arms 51 whose purpose will be hereinafter explained.

The goods ejectors 48 correspond with one another and each consists of a vertically disposed bar extending through aslot in the bar or plate 44 and at its upper end being bent rearwardly and preferably provided with a head 52 presenting a flat face for engagement with the lower piece of confection 30. The lower end of each ejector 48 is pivotally connected by a pin or screw 53 with the rear end of a coin ejector 49, and one object of the coin ejector 49 is, when the machine is being operated, to push the goods ejector 48 upwardly until its upper end or,

head 52 is on the same horizontal plane with and in rear of the lower piece of confection 30. Each coin ejector 49 is pivotally secured upon a screw or pin 54 to the forwardly extending horizontal arm 55 of a bracket 56 whose upper end is secured to the bar or 1 plate 44. In the present instance there are four of the brackets 56, four coin ejectors 49 and four goods ejectors 48, and each coin ejector with its connected goods ejector 48 is independent of the other coin ejectors, but

during the sliding movement of the bar or plate 44 all of the brackets 56, goods e ectors 48 and coin ejectors 49 are carried forwardly and backwardly.

The coin plate 38 is pivotally secured at I its upper end to the bars 35 by means of pins 57 which pass through ears 58 formed at the upper outer corners of said plate 38.

The plate 38 extends entirely across the machine and in line with each coin ejector 49 is formed with an opening 59 of the general outline illustrated in Fig. 3, said opening being large enough to permit of the passage of a proper coin through it and having slotlike upper and lower portions to permit the passage through said plate of the com ejector. The coin plate 38 has secured upon its front face the aforesaid magnet 50, the latter being held upon the upper end of a spring 60 which is fastened at its lower end by means of a. screw 61 or other suitable means to said plate. The spring 60 yieldably holds the magnet 50 against the front face of the plate 38 but permits of the forward movement of the magnet from said plate under the pressure of the arm 41 for the purpose of detaching the magnet from any disk or the like which may be caught by the said magnet. The one magnet 50, in the construction of machine presented, answers for all of the four coin slots, and said plate 38 is adjacent to the ends of the magnet 50 cut out, as at 62 (Fig. 3) directly in the rear of the ends or poles of the magnumbered 68.

net so that the latter may exert its influence on any steel disks orthe like which may be fed to the machine.

At its upper edge the hinged plate 38 is equipped with pivoted dogs or fingers 63 for catching any washers which may be fed to the machine. The dogs 63 are secured on the pins 64 and have weighted upper outer portions 65 tending to throw the lower finger portions of the dogs inwardly through slots or openings in the plate 38 and. in the path of any coins or washers which may be fed to the machine. A coin fed to the machine would simply press the lower end of the dog outwardly and meet with no obstruction therefrom, but in the case of a washer while it would at first push the lower end of the dog outwardly said end will immediately return to its initial position when the hole in the washer passes into line with the finger of the dog and said finger will pass into said hole and arrest the washer.

The plate 38 has adjacent to each opening 50. a pin 66 and beveled head, such as a screw head, 67, and the coins fed through the coin slot pass upon said pin and said head, as indicated at about the middle portion of Fig. 3. The pin 66 and head 67 are provided for the purpose of arresting the coins fed to the machine, said coins being held by said pin and head in line with the coin ector 4:9 and partly below the larger portion of the opening 59 in the plate 38, so that on the forward movement of the coin ejectorthe latter may engage the rear face of the coin thus held; the coin in Fig. 3 is The pin 66 and head 67 for each. opening 59 also serves as means for testing coins,-a coin too small. in diameter or of proper diameter but too thin being permitted to pass between said pin. and bcveled head without being caught thereby. The pin 66 and beveled head 67 are spaced to prevent the passage through them of a coin of the proper dimensions, but to permit the passage through them of a coin or other piece of material of smaller dimen sions. I also provide upon the plate 38 pivoted coin directing bars 69, one of which illustrated by dotted lines in Fig. 3. The plate 38 has two of these bars 69 on its rear face and said bars are centrally between the coin slots at the opposite sides of the center of the machine, one bar being between each two coin slots and its purpose being, as hereinafter explained, to properly direct the coins entering said slots to their proper location on the plate 38. The bars 69' are in effect partition'bars and would be stationary except for the limited amount of space permitted for the passage of the coins.

The stationary plate 37 which cotiperates with the plate 38 has on its front face coin flanges 70, 71, 72, as more clearly shown in Fig. 3, there being one set of these three flanges at each side of the vertical center of said plate 37. The flanges 70, 71 are directly below the coin slots in the plate 32, and they incline toward each other at each side of the vertical center of said plate 37, as shown at the right hand portion of Fig.

3, so that whether a coin is fed through the right hand coin slot or the next one thereto it will be directed by one or the other of the flanges 7 O, 71 to the open space between said flanges, through which the coin will descend, resting against the rear face of the plate 38 and striking the flange 72. If the coin on its passage to the flange 72 first rolls down the flange 71 it will pass tothe right of the center of the flange 72 and be caught between the pin 66 and head 67 for the first right hand coin slot (looking at Fig. if the coin is fed through the second coin slot and is directed downwardly and inwardly by the flange 70, it will strike against the left hand side of the flange 72 and be thereby directed to the pin 66 and head 67 for said second slot.

The partition bar 69, hereinbefore referred to, is centrally between the flanges 70, 71, and this bar serves to direct or compel the coin to pass to that side of the flange 72 intended for it. If, for instance, a coin is fed through the right hand coin slot of the left hand. half of Fig. 3 it will, on striking the flange 70, pass against the pivoted bar 69, as shown by dotted lines in said figure, and turn the latter to the left to a suflicient extent to permit the coin to pass by it and descend to the right hand side of the flange 72, by which the coin will be directed to the pin 66 and beveled Head 67 for said coin slot. If the coin is fed to the left hand slot (looking at Fig. 3}, it will first strike the flange 71 and then move against the bar 69 and turn the latter toward the right, said bar then directing the coin or preventing it from passing downwardly except against the left hand side of the flange 72 by which the coin will be directed to the left hand pin 66 and beveled head 67 for the left hand coin slot. It is necessary to arrest the coin at a definite place for each coin slot since the materials in the trays 28 to be sold may vary in character.

The rigid plate 37 is secured to the side bars 35 by means of end edge flanges or members 75, and said plate carries no operative parts with the exception of the flanges 70, 71 and 7 2 hereinbefore described. The upper edge of said plate is, however, cut out, as at 76 (Fig. 3), to admit the operating rod 46 and also at 77 at which the edges of the recesses or cut-out portions are flanged, as at 78, said flanges 78 serving as additional means for directing the coins fed to the coin slots to the flanges 70, 71. In the present machine there are four coin slots and one coin slot is directly above each of the flanges 70, v71, while the flanges 78 are about in vertical line with the inner facing edges of said flanges 70, 71. The stationary plate 37 is also cut out at its lower portions, as at 79, to permit of the forward movement through said plate of the coin ejectors 49 and horizontal arms of the hanger brackets 56.

The coin ejectors 49 are directly in the rear of the stationary plate 37 and they are in the form of plates pivotally mounted on pins or screws 54, as hereinbefore explained. The rear ends of the coin ejectors 49 are connected with the lower ends of the goods ejectors 48 by the pins or screws 53, and these screws 53 pass through elongated openings 80 formed in the lower ends of the vertical portions of the brackets 56, a goods ejector 48 being at one side of each bracket and a coin ejector at the opposite side thereof, with the pin or screw extending through the bracket and pivotally connecting the goods ejector and coin ejector. The elongated slots or openings 80 are provided to permit the oscillatory movement of the coin ejector to impart a vertical movement to the goods ejector. Each coin ejector 49 has an upper forwardly projecting arm 81 and a lower forwardly projecting arm 82, and both of these arms are adapted when no coin is rested on the coin plate 38 to slide forwardly through the openings 59 in said plate. hen the coin, as 68, in Figs. 3 and 6, is arrested on the plate 38 by means of the pins 66, 67, said coin will be in the path of the lower arm 82 of the coin ejector in the rear thereof and will prevent said ejector from passing through the plate 38, and hence under this condition, when the handle 47 is pulled forwardly, the ejector in line with the coin 68 will engage the same and by pressing against said coin will cause the plate 38 to turn frontwardly with the result that the ejector will cause the coin '68 to ride upwardly upon the rear face of the plate 38 and finally become forced frontwardly through the opening 59 in said plate, whereby the coin becomes ejected at the proper time from the plate 38 and is permitted to descend to the coin receptacle 25. The arm 82 of the coin ejector is formed with a shoulder 83 (Fig. 2) which passes directly below the lower edge of the coin 68 held on the pins 66, 67, and hence is enabled during the forward turning or hinge-movement of the plate 38 to hold the coin, this movement of the plate 38 cooperating with the coin ejector 49 and resulting in the opening 59 in the plate passing into line with the coin, so that the coin may be ejected through said opening. The engagement of the coin ejector with the coin results first, however, in the coin ejector being turned downwardly at its front end and moving upwardly the goods ejector connected therewith. The arm 82 of the coin ejector which first engages the coin is below the pivot point 54 of said ejector, and hence the resistance offered by the coin to the forward movement of the ejector causes the arm 82 to turn downwardly to the extent permitted by the slot in the bracket arm 56 and in thereby causing the goods ejector 48 to move upwardly a corresponding distance, this distance being sufficient to bring the head of the ejector in rear of the lower piece of confection in the stack.

The bracket-arms 51 connected wit-h the sliding carriage plate 44 are solely for moving in a rearwardly direction a transverse bar 84 which extends transversely of the machine in front of the trays 28 and in line with the lower layer of confections in said trays. The bar 84 has upon its lower side, at points intermediate the trays, the integral lugs 85 in which are secured the forward ends of guide rods 86, said rods being extended rearwardly through bearings 87 (Fig.

l) secured below the adjoining portions of each two trays 28. The rods 86 have secured on their rear ends a transverse bar 88 which is always in rear of the arms 51 carried by the bar or plate 44. The mechanism consisting of the bar 84, rods 86 and bar 88, is utilized to prevent such disarrangement of the pieces of confection as that represented 5 in Fig. 9, in which it will be seen that although the goods ejector is in rear of the second piece in the stack, the first piece in the stack is partly dislodged and in such position as to cause a tilting of the upper pieces in the stack. The bars 84, 88 are a definite distance apart, and this distance is somewhat greater than the width of a piece 30 of the confections. When the handle 47 is pulled forwardly, after the introduction of a proper coin and the elevation of a goods ejector 48, the head of the latter will move forwardly against the lower piece 30 of confection and move the same forwardly against the bar 84, causing the latter to move of confection and allow the latter to descend.

upon the discharge chute or plate 32. The goods ejector may thus start rearwardly independently of the bar 84 by reason of the fact that the arms 51 on the forward movement of the plate or carriage 44 move for wardly from the rear bar 88, and on the rearward movement of the carriage 44 said arms 51 may have a limited rearward movement with the goods ejectors 48 before the arms 51 engage the bar 88. During the con tinued rearward movement of the carriage 44, the ejectors 48 and arms 51, the latter engaging the bar 88 and, acting through the rods 86, restore the bar 84 to its initial position shown in Fig. 1. In the absence of the bar 84 or some equivalent means, the handle 47 might be given a partial forward move ment sufficient to place the lower piece of confection 30 in partly dislodged condition, in which said lower piece is shown in Fig. 9, and then permitted to return to the rear of the stack of confections without being depressed by the latter, said stack being partly supported by the partly dislodged piece 30 and then tilting down until the neXt lower piece gets in front of the head of the goods ejector, as shown in Fig. 9. If under the condition shown in Fig. 9 the handle 47 is again'pulled outwardly, two pieces of confection would become discharged or the stack of confections would become wedged and the machine be thereby disarranged. In order to avoid this result I provide the bar 84 which travels forwardly with the lower piece of confection and which is moved rearwardly by the inward movement of the handle 47. If, with the presence of the bar 84, the handle 47 should be given a partial outward movement, only sufficient to partly dislodge the lower piece of confection, and is then permitted to return inwardly, the carriage 44 on its inward movement would cause the arms 51 to engage the bar 88 and move the bar 84 rearwardly against the partly dislodged piece of confection and force the latter to its former position evenly below the stack of confections, and thus the condition presented in Fig. 9 would be avoid ed. The bar 84 therefore in the normal proper operation of the machine is only use ful in that it cooperates with the head of the goods ejectorin holding the lower piece of confection in an even horizontal position during its ejection from the tray 28, but

during any improper operation of the machine in which the handle 1nstead of bemg given a full forward throw 1s only given a partial outward movement, the bar 84 on its rearward movement will return to the bottom of the stack the partially dislodged piece of confection and thus leave the ma chine in a proper operative position.

In the machine shown there are four goods ejectors 48, one for each coin slot, and all of these ejectors are carried by the bar or carriage plate 44. If four proper coins are introduced to the machine at one time, one through each coin slot, all of the ejectors 48 will be rendered operative, but if only one coin is introduced only one goods ejector will become operative, although the other goods ejectors will move forwardly with the plate or bar 44, the inoperative ej ectors passing below the stacks of confection.

The machine of my invention has for one of its purposes to return to the purchaser any coins less in dimensions than the coin intended for the machine. If, for instance, a ten cent piece should be inadvertently passed through one of the coin slots, it will be returned to the purchaser. Likewise thin pieces of metal, washers and the like, sometimes used to defeat coin-controlled vending machines, will be discharged from the machine. To these ends I form a pocket 89 centrally in the base of the machine, as indicated by dotted lines, and in the front door 24 above said pocket provide an open ing 90 through which a purchaser may, with the use of his finger, withdraw from the pocket 89 any coin or other piece that may be therein. Within the chamber behind the door 24 and secured to said door at the cars 91, (Fig. 3), I'provide a hopper 92 Whose bottom inclines from opposite sides'of the imichinc toward and terminates over the pocket 89. Defective coins, washers and the like fall into'" the hopper 92 and are by it directed to the pocket 89, whence they may be extracted.

Extending upwardly and rearwardly from the hopper 92 I provide two chutes 93 having flaring upper portions or lateral wings 94, as shown in Fig. 8, there being one of the chutes 93 with its wings 94 below each two openings 59 of the plate 38. If a small coin such a ten cent piece should be intro duced. to this machine, which has been designed to receive a penny, such ten cent piece would be too small to be caught by the pins 66, GT and hence would pass between said pins and fall at once upon one of the wings 94 and be directed to the chute 93 down through which it would descend and enter the hopper 92 and thence pass to the exposed poclret 89, no operation of the handle 47 being required to insure the return to the purchaser of the ten cent piece. Any other small defective coin or piece of metal would take the same course just indicated with respect to the ten cent piece. If a steel disk, however, should be introduced through a coin slot, it would after striking on. one or the other of the flanges 70, 71 be caught by a pole of the magnet and be held there until dislodged. In this case the piece of metal not having been returned to the pocket 89 or from the machine, the would-be purchaser would naturally pull on the handle 47, and in doing this the carriage or bar 44 would be pulled forwardly with the coin ejectors and at such time the ejectors would pass through the openings 50 in the plate 38 and the arm 41 would be carried forwardly until its front end passes through the openings in the plates 37, 38 and engages the spring which holds the magnet 50 and flexes said spring forwardly, thereby carrying the magnet 50 away from the disk held on the plate 38. At the same time and before the arm 41 can move the magnet 50 from the piece of metal held by it, an arm 95 also carried by the bar or plate 44 will move forwardly and by passing against the part 43 connected with the plate 38 cause said plate to turn forwardly so that the piece of metal when the magnet 50 is separated therefrom by the action of the arm 41, may fall into the chute 93 and be by the latter directed to the hopper 92. The arm 41 is provided solely for the purpose of insuring the detachment of the magnet 50 from any piece of metal that might be caught by it. In the case of a piece of steel being caught by the magnet 50 it will not therefore pass at once to the hopper 92 but only after the would-be purchaser has attempted to secure a piece of goods by pulling outwardly on the handle 47. In the event that a washer should be introduced through one of the coin slots it will be caught on one of the dogs 63 and will hang from said dog until the handle 47 has been pulled outwardly and the plate 38 thereby turned frontwardly to sufficiently incline the dog holding the washer for the washer to slip therefrom and fall into one of the chutes 93. The hopper 92 is fastened on the inner side of the door 24 and hence when said door is opened the hopper turns outwardly with it from the lower ends of the chutes 93, and when the door 24 is closed said hopper 92 is restored to its position with relation to said chutes.

hen the proper coins are fed to the ma chine they are caught on the pins 66,67, and as hereinbefore described, they are ejected forwardly through the openings 59 in the plate 38 after said plate has turned forwardly to a suflicient extent for that result to take place, and said coins are ejected through the openings 59 after the plate 38 has moved forwardly beyond the vertical plane of the wings 94 of the chute 93, and hence such coins will not be directed into the chutes 93 but will fall into the receptacle 25.

The operation of the machine will be largely understood from the description hereinbefore presented. In the initial con dition of the operative parts of the machine the trays 28 contain the confections 30 and the slide 44 is at its rear position shown in Fig. 1 with all of the ejectors 48 in their lower position, in which position the heads 52 on the ejectors are below the lower pieces of confection in the trays 28. Upon the introduction of a proper coin to one of the coin slots, said coin will pass downwardly between the plates 37, 38 and become arrested on one pair of the pins 66, 67, said coin then lying against the rear face of the plate 38 and being partly exposed through one of the openings 59 in said plate, as shown at 68 in Fig. 3. The purchaser will then give a full outward pull on the handle 47, and this will carry the slide forwardly and cause the coin ejector 49 to engage at its lower portion the coin 68 and push the plate 38 to turn downwardly and forwardly. The contact of the lower portion of the coin ejector with the coin results in the forward portion of the coin ejector turning downwardly and pushing the appropriate goods ejector 48 upwardly in line with the lower piece of confection 30.. The continued outward movement of the handle 47 results in the ejector 48 dislodging the lower piece of confection so that it may descend on the discharge plate 32, and in the coin 68 being brought into line with the opening 59 at which it is located and in said coin being finally ejected forwardly through said opening and descending to the coin receptacle 25. When the handle 47 is released to move inwardly under the influence of the spring 39, the weight of the goods in the tray 28 will depress the goods ejector 48 to its lower position, and when the handle has reached its inner position the operative mechanism will have been restored to its initial condition. When the goods ejector 48 is elevated by the pressure of the coin ejector 49 against the coin, it will be yieldingly held in such position by means of a small spring 96 (Fig. 8) secured to the slide or bar 44 and having a detent 97 to snap into a recess 98 in the ejector bar 48 when the latter reaches its upper position. There are four of the springs 96, one for each ejector 48. The weight of the goods in the tray 28 is sufficient to overcome the force of the spring 96 and restore the ejector 48 to its lower position during the rearward travel of said ejector. I have hereinbefore sufficiently described the operation of the machine with respect to the return of improper coins, washers and the like, to the exposed pocket 89. When an ejector 48 has been elevated to discharge a piece of confection and said piece happens to be the only one in the tray, the ejector will not be depressed on its-rear ward movement, there being no weight then exerted against its upper end, but will re main in its elevated position, and when the ejector 18 thus remains in its elevated po sition, the coin ejector 49 will remain in its tilted position with the upper finger 81 thereof projecting forwardly beyond its initial location, and this condition of the machine is illustrated in Fig. 7, in which 1 illustrate that when the ejector 48 does remain in its elevated position on its rear stroke by reason of there being no goods in the tray, the finger 81 will then stretch across the space between the plates 37, 38 where it may arrest any subsequent coin, which I number 99 in Fig. 7, that may be fed to the coin slot pertaining to the empty tray. The arresting of the coin 99 by the finger 81 prevents said coin from passing downwardly to the pins 66, 67, and hence when the purchaser who deposited the coin 99 pulls outwardly on the handle 4:7, said coin instead of. reaching the receptacle 25 will fall downwardly between the plates 37, 38 and enter the chute 93 and be by it directed to the return hopper 92. During the forward movement of the handle 17 and slide 44 when no coin is in the path of the coin ejector 49, the arm 95 carried by said slide will move against the box-like guide 43 connected with the plate 38 and cause said plate to swing downwardly and forwardly, thus releasing the coin 99 and permitting it to descend to the chute 93 and hopper 92. At any time when the handle 417 is pulled forwardly without there being a coin in line with one of the coin ejector-s, the arm 95 will swing the plate 38 downwardly and forwardly to release anything that may be caught between the plates 37, 38. The spring 39 at its "rear end is secured to the depending arm 1.00 which is stationary, being secured. to or. forming part of the transverse bar 36 which connects the rear ends of the supporting side bars In Figs. 10 and 11 I illustrate a modification of that portion of the invention comprising the bar 84 for pushing back under the stack of confections any partly dislodged piece thereof when the-handle 47 is permitted to return before it has made a fulloutward stroke, and in Figs. 10 and 11 the return bar is numbered 101 and is connected at its ends with vertical bars 102 which are pivotally secured on pins 103 or the like at their upper ends to the sides of the cabinet, so as to have a swinging motion thereon. The upper ends of the bars 102 are formed with rearwardly projecting toes 10 1 (Fig. 10) against which are flexed the forward ends of leaf springs 105, the action of the springs 105.being to swing the bar 101 forwardly. Upon the carriage bar 44, for the modification shown in Figs. 10 and 11, I provide the lugs 106 against which the lower free ends of the side bars 102 impinge,

being spring-pressed against said lugs by reasoiii of the springs 105. When the handle 4L7 is pulled outwardly the lugs 106 travel outwardly therewith and the bar 101 is tl'iereby moved forwardly. If, for illustra tion, the handle 4t? should be pulled outwardly to the extent illustrated in Fig. 10 and then released to move inwardly, the lugs 100 acting against the lower ends of the side bar 1.02, will move the bar 101 rearwardly against the partly dislodged piece of confection and restore said piece below the stack, in the manner I have hereinbefore described with respect to the operation of the bar 1 illustrate the bar 101 and its co-acting parts to indicate that my invention is not limited to the special details of the bar 8 1 shown in Fig. 1 or to the means .for operating the same.

W hat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a coin-controlled vending machine having a coin-slot plate and a tray for the goods to be sold, a slide mounted below the tray, a handle for operating the slide, a vertically movable goodsejector carried by said slide, a pivoted coin-ejector carried by said slide and connected with said goods ejector, a hinged coin-plate on which a coin may descend from the coin-slot and having an opening therein of sufficient size to permit a coin to be passed through it, means below said opening for arresting a proper coin in line with said coinejector, means for directing the coin to said arresting means, and a spring yieldii'igly holding said hinged plate in its initial position, said coin-ejector on the 01361111 1011 of said handle being moved thereby against the arrested coin whose re sistance to the movement of said ejector causes the same to tilt and thereby elevate the goods-ejector and also turn said plate forwardly, whereby during the operation of said handle the goods ejector is carried against the lower piece of goods in the tray and the opening in said coin-plate gradually passes into line with the arrested coin and permits the latter to be forced through it by the coin-ejector, substantially as set forth.

2. In a coin-controlled vending machine having a coin-slot plate and a tray for the goods to be sold, a slide mounted below the tray, a handle for operating the slide, a vertically movable goods-ejector carried by said slide, a pivoted coin-e ectorcarried by said slide and connected with said goods ejector, a hinged coin-plate on which a coin may descend from the coin-slot and having an opening therein of suliicient size to permit a coin to be passed through it, means below said opening for arresting a. proper coin in line with said coii'i-ejector, a stationary plate close to said hinged coin-plate and having thereon flanges for directing the coin to said coin-arresting means located between said plates, and a spring yieldingly holding said hinged plate in its initial position close to said stationary plate, said coin-ejector on the operation of said handle being moved thereby against the arrested coin whose resistance to the movement of said ejector causes the same to tilt and thereby elevate the goods-ejector and also turn said plate forwardly, whereby during the operation of said handle the goodsejector is carried against the lower piece of goods in. the tray and the opening in said coin-plate gradually passes into line with the arrested coin and permits the latter to be forced through it by the coin-ejector; substantially as set forth.

3. In a coin-controlled vending machine having a coin-slot plate and a tray for the goods to be sold, a slide mounted below the tray, a handle for operating the slide, a vertically movable goods-ejector carried by said slide, a. pivoted coin-ejector carried by said slide and connected with said goods ejector, a hinged coin-plate on which a coin may descend from the coin-slot and having an opening therein of sufficient size to permit a coin to be passed through it, means below said opening for arresting a proper coin in line with said coin-ejector, and a spring for yieldingly holding said hinged plate in its initial position, said coin-ejector having a member normally standing in the path of the coin to prevent the same from passing to said arresting means when said ejector is tilted and the goods-ejector is in its elevated position with said tray empty, and said coinejector on the operation of said handle being moved thereby against the arrested coin whose resistance to the movement of said ejector causes the same to tilt and thereby elevate the goods-ejector and also turn said plate forwardly, whereby during the operation of said handle the goods-ejector is carried against the lower piece of goods in the tray and the opening in said coinplate gradually passes into line with the arrested coin and permits the latter to be forced through it by the coin-ejector; substantially as set forth.

4. In a coin-controlled vending machine having a coin-slot plate and a tray for the goods to be sold, a slide mounted below the tray,-a handle for operating the slide, a vertically movable goods-ejector carried by said slide, a pivoted coin-ejector carried by said slide and connected with said goods ejector, a hinged coin-plate on which a coin may descend from the coin-slot and having an opening therein of suflicient size to permit a coin to be passed through it, means below said opening for arresting a proper coin in line with said coin-ejector, and a spring for yieldingly holding said hinged plate in its initial position, said coin-ejector having a lower member possessing a shoulder (83) to pass below the arrested coin, and

said ejector on the operation of said handle being moved. thereby against the arrested coin whose resistance to the movement of said ejector causes the same to tilt and thereby elevate the goods-ejector and also turn said plate forwardly, whereby during the operation of said handle the goods-ejector is carried against the lower piece of goods in the tray and the opening in said coinplate gradually passes into line with the arrested coin and permits the latter to be forced through it by the coin-ejector; substantially as set forth.

5. In a coin-controlled vending machine having a coin-slot plate and a tray for the goods to be sold, a slide mounted below the tray, a handle for operating the slide, a vertically movable goods-ejector carried by said slide, a pivoted coin-ejector carried by said slide and connected with said goods-ejector, a hinged coin-plate on which a coin may descend from the coin-slot and having an opening therein of sufficient size to permit a coin to be passed through it, means below said opening for arresting a proper coin in line with said coin-ejector, a stationary plate close to said hinged coin-plate and separated therefrom by a space suitable for the downward passage of a coin, means between said plates for directing the coin to said coinarresting means, and a spring for yieldingly holding said hinged plate in its initial position, said coin-ejector having an upper member 81 which is normally in rear of the space between said plates and spans said space when the ejector is tilted downwardly to stand in the path of a coin when the tray is empty, and said ejector also having a lower member (82) possessing a shoulder (83) to pass below a coin held on said arresting means, and said ejector on the operation of said handle being moved thereby against the arrested coin whose resistance to the movement of said ejector causes the same to tilt and thereby elevate the goods-ejector and also turn said plate forwardly, whereby during the operation of said handle the goods-ejector is carried against the lower piece of goods in the tray and the opening in said coin-plate graduallypasses into line with the arrested coin and permits the latter to be forced through it by the coin-ejector,

substantially as set forth.

6. In a coin-controlled vending machine having a coin-slot plate and a tray for the goods to be sold, a slide mounted below the tray, a handle for operating the slide, a vertically movable goods-ejector carried by said slide, a pivoted coin-ejector carried by said slide and connected with said goods ejector, a hinged coinplate on which a coin may descend from the coin-slot and having an opening thereon of sufiicient size to permit a coin to be passed through it, means below said opening for arresting a proper .coin in line with said coin-ejector, and a Y ing the operation of said handle the goodsejector is carried against the lower piece of goods in the tray and the opening in said coin-plate gradually passes into line with the arrested coin and permits the latter to be forced through it by the coin-ejector, combined with means for turning said hinged plate forwardly on the pull of said handle when no coin is held by said coin-arresting means; substantially as set forth.

7. in a coin-controlled vending machine having a coin-slot plate and a tray for the goods to be sold, a slide mounted below the tray, a handle for operating the slide, a vertically movable goods-ejector carried by said slide, a pivoted coin-ejector carried by said slide and connected with said goods ejector, a hinged coin-plate on which a coin may descend from the coin-slot and having an opening therein of sufficient size to permit a coin to be passed through it, means below said opening for arresting a proper coin in line with said coin-ejector, means for directing the coin to said arresting means, and a spring yieldingly holding said hinged plate in its initial position, said coin-ejector on the operation of said handle being moved thereby against the arrested coin whose resistance to the movement of said ejector causes the same to tilt and thereby elevate the goo-ds ejector and also turn said plate forwardly, whereby during theoperation of said handle the goodsejector is carried against the lower piece of goods in the tray and the opening in said coin-plate gradually passes into line with the arrested coin and permits the latter to be forced through it by the coin-ejector, combined with means for turning said hinged plate forwardly on the pull of said handle when no coin is held by said coin-arresting means; substantially as set forth.

8. In a coin-controlled vending machine having a coin-slot plate and a tray for the goods to be sold, a slide mounted below the tray, a handle for operating. the slide, a vertically movable goods-ejector carried by said slide, a pivoted coin-ejector carried by said slide and connected with said goods ejector, a hinged coin-plate on which a coin may 5 descend from the coin'slot and having an opening therein of sufficient size to permit a coin to be passed through it, means below said opening for arresting a proper coin in line with said coin-ejector, means for directing the coin to said arresting means, and a spring yieldingly holding said hinged plate in its initial position, said coin-ejector on the operation of said handle being moved thereby against the arrested coin whose re sistance to the movement of said ejector causes the same to tilt and thereby elevate the goods-ejector and also turn said plate forwardly, whereby during the operation of said handle the goods-ejector is carried against the lower piece of goods in the tray and the opening in said coin-plate gradually passes into line with the arrested coin and permits the latter to be forced through it by the coin-ejector, combined with a magnet yieldingly held against the outer face of said plate and exposed through an opening in said plate above said coin arresting means, means for turning said hinged plate forwardly on the pull of said handle when no coin is held by said coin-arresting means, and an arm carried by said slide for pressing said magnetfrom said plate on said pull of said. handle; substantially as set forth.

9. In a coin-controlled vending machine having a coin-slot plate and a tray for the goods to be sold, a slide mounted below the tray, a handle for operating the slide, a vertically movable goods-ejector carried by said slide, a pivoted coin-ejector carried by said slide and connected with said goods ejector, a hinged coin-plate on which a coin may descend from the coin-slot and having an opening therein of sufficient size to permit a coin to be passed through it, means below said opening for arresting a proper coin in line with said coin-ejector comprising two pins suitably spaced apart to hold the coin supported at its edges between them, means for directing the coin to said arresting means, and means for yieldingly holding said hinged plate in its initial position, said coinejector on the operation of said handle being moved thereby against the arrested coin whose resistance to the movement of said ejector causes the same to tilt and thereby elevate the goods-ejector and also turn said plate forwardly, whereby during the opera tion of said handle the goods-ejector is carried, against the lower piece of goods in the tray and the o 3en.ing in said coin-plate gradually passes into line with the arrested coin and permits the latter to be forced through it by the coin-ejector; substantially as set forth.

10. In a coiircontrolled vending machine having a coin-slot plate and a tray for the goods to be sold, a slide mounted below the tray, a handle for operating the slide, a vertically movable goods-ejector carried by said slide, a pivoted coin-ejector carried by said slide and connected with said goods ejector, a hinged coin-plate on which a coin may de scencl from the coin-slot and having an opening therein of sufiicient size to permit a coin to be passed through it, means below said opening for arresting a proper coin in line with said coin-ejector comprising two pins, one having a beveled head, suitably spaced apart to hold the coin supported at its edges between them, means for directing the coin to said arresting means, and means for yieldingly holding said hinged plate in its initial position, said coin-ejector on the operation of said handle being moved thereby against the arrested coin whose resistance to the movement of said ejector causes the same to tilt and thereby elevate the goods-ejector and also turn said plate forwardly, whereby during the operation of said handle the goods-ejector is carried against the lower piece of goods in the tray and the opening in said coin-plate gradually passes into line with the arrested coin and permits the latter to be forced through it by the coin-ejeetor; substantially as set forth.

11. In a coin-controlled vending machine having a coin-slot plate and a tray for the goods to be sold, a slide mounted below the tray, a handle for operating the slide, a vertically movable goods-ejector carried by said slide, a pivoted coin-ejector carried by said slide and connected with said goods ejector,

a hinged coin-plate on which a coin may descend from the coin-slot and having an opening therein of sufiieient size to permit a coin to be passed through it, means below said opening for arresting a proper coin in line with said coin-ejector, means for directing the coin to said arresting means, and a spring yieldingly holding said hinged plate in its initial position, said coin-ejector on the operation of said handle being moved thereby against the arrested coin whose resistance to the movement of said ejector causes the same to tilt and thereby elevate the goods ejector and also turn said plate forwardly, whereby during the operation of said handle the goods-ejector is carried against the lower piece of goods in the tray and the opening in said coin-plate gradually passes into line with the arrested coin and permits the latter to be forced through it by the coin-ejector, combined with means for directing a coin or the like lacking the required dimensions, such as a ten cent piece when a one cent piece is the proper coin, to without the machine where it may be regained by the customer; substantially as set forth.

12. In a coin-controlled vending machine having a coin-slot plate, and a tray for the goods to be sold, a slide mounted below the tray, a handle for operating the slide, a vertically movable goods-ejector carried by said slide, a pivoted coin-ejector carried by said slide and connected with said goods ejector,-

in its initial position, said coin-ejector on theoperation of said handle being moved thereby against the arrested coin whose resistance to the movement of said ejector causes the same to tilt and thereby elevate the goodsejector and also turn said plate forwardly,

whereby during the operation of said handlethe goods-ejector is carried against the lower piece of goods in the tray and the opening in said coin-plate gradually passes into line with the arrested coin and permits the latter to be forced through it by the coinejector, combined with means for turning said hinged plate forwardly on the pull of said handle when no coin is held in the path of the coin-ejector, said means comprising an arm 95 on said slide, a member 43 on said hinged plate to be engaged by said arm, alever 40 fulcrumed at its upper end on a bearing connected with said slide and having its lower end projected through an opening in said member 43, and said spring being connected at one end with said lever and at its other end to a rigid part of the machine; substantially as set forth.

13. In a coin-controlled vending machine having a coin-slot plate and a tray for the goods to be sold, a slide 4a mounted below the tray, a handle for operating the slide, a vertically movable goods-ejector 48 mounted in said slide, a bracket 56 depending from said slide adjacent to said goods-ejector, a coin-ejector 49 pivoted to said bracket and having its rear end pivotally connected with said goods-ejector for moving the same upwardly in the plane of the lower piece of goods in said tray, a hinged plate 38 to receive a coin from the coin entrance slot and having an opening 59 therein to permit the during the operation of said handle the goodsejector is carried against the lower piece of goods in the tray and the opening in said coin-plate gradually passes intoline with the arrested coin and permits the latter to be forced through it by the coinejector; substantially as setforth.

14. In a coin-controlled vending machine having a coin-slot plate and a tray for the goods to be sold, a slide mounted below the tray, a handle for operating the slide, a ver tically movable goods-ejector carried by said slide, a pivoted coin-ejector carried by said slide and connected with said goods ejector, a hinged coin-plate on which a coin may descend from the coin slot and having an opening therein of sufiicient size to permit a coin to be passed through it, means below said opening for arresting a proper coin in line with said coin-ejector, a stationary plate close to said hinged coin-plate and having thereon a downwardly inclined flange (71) below the coin-slot and a reversely downwardly inclined flange (72) below the flange (71) to receive the coin from said flange (71) and direct it to said coin-arresting means, and means for yieldingly holding said hinged plate in its initial position, said coin-ejector on the operation of said handle being moved thereby against the arrested coin whose resistance to the movement of said ejector causes the same to tilt and thereby elevate the goods-ejector and also turn said plate forwardly, whereby during the operation of said handle the goods-ejector is carried against the lower piece of goods in the tray and the opening in said coin-plate gradually passes into line with the arrested coin and permits the latter to be forced through it by the coin-ejector; substantially as set forth.

15. In a coin-controlled vending machine having a coin-slot plate and a tray for the goods to be sold, an operating handle, a goods-ejector connected therewith to be moved against the lower piece of goods in the tray and push the same therefrom on the operation of said handle, a movable bar in line with the lower end of said tray in position to engage the lower piece of goods after the same has partly advanced from the tray, and means for automatically returning said bar to its initial position on the reverse movement of said handle, whereby said bar is enabled to push back into the tray any piece of the goods that may have become only partially dislodged; substantially as set forth.

16. In a coin-controlled vending machine having a coin-slot plate and a tray for the goods to be sold, a slide mounted below the tray, a handle for operating the slide, a goods-ejector carried by said slide to en gage one edge of the lower piece of goods in the tray and push the same therefrom on the operation of said handle, a movable bar in line with the lower end of said tray in position to engage the opposite edge of said lower piece of goods after the same has partly advanced from the tray, and means connected with said slide for returning said bar to its initial position on the reverse movement of said handle, whereby hill,

said bar is enabled to push back into the tray any piece of the goods that may have become only partially dislodged; substan tially as set forth.

- 17. In a eoin-controlled vending machine having-a coin-slot plate and a tray for the goods to be sold, a slide mounted below the tray, a handle for operating the slide, a goods-ejector carried by said slide to engage one edge of the lower piece of goocs in the tray and push the same therefrom on the operation of said handle, a movable bar in line with the lower end of said tray in position to engage the opposite edge of said lower piece of goods after the same has partly advanced from the tray, a rod (86) carrying said bar on one end and at its other end having a member (88), and an arm (51) on said slide for engaging said member and returning said bar to its initial position on the reverse movement of said handle, whereby said bar is enabled to push back into the tray any piece of the goods that may have become only partially dislodged; substantially as set forth.

18. I11 a coin-controlled vending machine having a coin-slot plate and a tray for the goods to be sold, a slide (at) mount-ed below the tray, a handle for operating the slide, a vertically movable goods-ejector (as) mounted in said slide, a bracket depending from said slide adjacent to said goods-ejector, a coinejector (4L9) pivoted to said bracket and having its rear end pivota lly connected with said goods-ejector for moving the same upwardly in the plane of the lower piece of goods in the tray, a spring (96) for yieldingly holding the goods-ejector in its elevated position, a hinged plate (38) to receive a coin from the coin entrance slot and having an opening therein to permit the final passage through it of the coin, means below said opening for arresting the coin in line with the coin-ejector, and means for yieldingly holding said plate in its initial position, said coin-ejector on the operation of said handle being moved thereby against the arrested coin whose resistance to the movement of said ejector causes the same .to tilt and thereby elevate the goodsejector and also turn said plate forwardly, whereby during the operation of said handle the goods-ejector is carried against the lower piece of goods in the tray and the opening in said coin-plate gradually passes into line with the arrested coin and permits the latter to be forced through it by the coin-ejector; substantially as set forth.

19. In a coin-controlled vendingmachine having a coin-slot plate and trays for the goods to be sold, a slide mounted. below the trays, a handle for operating said slide, vertically movable goods-ejectors, one for each tray, carried by said slide, pivoted coinejectors carried by said slide and respectively connected with said goodsejectors, a hinged coin-plate on which coins may descend from the coin-slots and having openings therein, one for each coin-ejector, each suliicient in size to permit a coin to be passed through it, means below each of said openings for arresting proper coins in line with said coin-ejectors, means for directing the coins to the respective coin arresting means, and means for yieldingly holding said hinged plate in its initial position, said coinejectors on the operation of said handle be ing moved against the arrested coins whose resistance to the movement of said ejectors causes the same to tilt and thereby elevate the goods-ejectors and also turn said plate forwardly, whereby during the operation of said handle the goods-ejectors are carried against the lower pieces of goods in the trays and the openings in said coinplate pass into line with the arrested coins and permit the latter to be forced through them by the coin-ejectors; substantially as set forth.

20. In a coin-controlled vending machine having a coin-slot plate and trays for the goods to he sold, a slide mounted below the trays, a handle for operating said slide, vertically movable goodsejectors, one for each tray, carried by said slide, pivoted coinejectors carried by said slide and respectively connected with said goods-ejectors, a hinged coin-plate on which coins may descend from the coin-slots and having openings therein, one for each coin-ejector, each suflicient in size to permit a coin to be passed through it, means below each of said openings for arresting proper coins in line with said coin-ejectors, a stationary plate close to said hinged coin -plate and separated therefrom by a space suitable for the down- "ard passage of the coins, means between said plates for directing the coins to the respective coin-arresting means, and means for yieldingly holding said hinged plate in its initial position, said coin-ejectors on the operation of said handle being moved against the arrested coins whose resistance to the movement of said ejectors causes the same to tilt and thereby elevate the goodsejectors and also turn said plate forwardly, whereby during the operation of said handle the goods-ejectors are carried against the lower pieces of goods in the trays and the openings in said coin-plate pass into line with the arrested coins and permitthe latter to be forced through them by the coinejectors; substantially as set forth.

21. Ina coin-controlled vending machine having a coin-slot plate and trays for the goods to be sold, a slide mounted below the trays, a handle for operating said slide, vertically movable goods-ejectors, one for each tray, carried by said slide, pivoted coin-ejectors carried by said slide and respectively connected with said goods-ej ectors, a hinged coin-plate on which coins may descend from the coin-slots and having openings therein, one for each coin-ejector, each suflicient in size to permit a coin to be passed through it, means below each of said openings for arresting proper coins in line with said coin-ejectors, a stationary plate close to said hinged coin-plate and separated therefrom by a space suitable for the downward passage of the coins, means between said plates for directing the coins to the respective coin-arresting means, and means for yieldingly holding said hinged plate in its initial position, said coin-ejectors on the operation of said handle being moved against the arrested coins whose resistance to the movement of said ejectors causes the same to tilt and thereby elevate the goods-ejectors and also turn said plate forwardly, whereby during the operation of said handle the goods-ejectors are carried against the lower pieces of goods in the trays and the openings in said coin-plate pass into line with the arrested coins and permit the latter to be forced through them by the coin-ejectors; and said means for directing the coins to the respective coin-arresting means comprising for each coin-slot a downwardly in clined flange (71) below the slot, a reversely inclined flange (72) below the flange (71) to receive the coin and direct it to the coinarresting means, and means for directing the coin from the flange ('71) to the flange (72) substantially as set forth.

22. In a coin-controlled vending machine having a coin-slot plate and trays for the goods to be sold, a slide, mounted below the trays, a handle for operating said slide, vertically movable goods-ejectors, one for each tray, carried by said slide, pivoted coin-ejectors carried by said slide and respectively connected with said goods-ejectors, a hinged coin-plate on which coins may descend from the coin-slots and having openings therein, one for each coin-ejector, each sufficient in size to permit a coin to be passed through it, means below each of said openings for arresting proper coins in line with said coin-ejectors, means for directing the coins to the respective coin arresting means, and means for yieldingly holding said hinged plate in its initial position, said coin-ejectors on the operation of said handlebeing moved against the arrested coins Whose resistance to the movement of said ejectors causes the same to tilt and thereby elevate the goods-ejectors and also turn said plate forwardly, whereby during the operation of said handle the goods-ejectors are carried against the lower pieces of goods in the trays and the openings in said coinplate pass into line with the arrested coins and permit the latter to be forced through them by the coin-ejectors, combined with p the open in meansto retain. the coins forced through in said coin-plate, and means for directing to without the machine any coil s or other pieces ted thereto but not arby said coin-arresting means; substantuilly as set forth. I

In a coin-controlled. vending machine having a coin-slot plate and a tray for the goods to be sold, a slide mounted below the tray, a handle 1or operating the slide, a goods-ejector carried by the slide, means for positioning the said ejector, on the operaticm of said handle, to dislodge a piece of goods from said tray, a coin-ejector also carried by the slide, a h' iged coin-p ate on which a coin may descend from the coin-slot and having an opening therein of sufficient size to per init a coin to be forced through it when said.

opening and coin are in line with each other,

' means adjacent to said opening for arresting a proper coin in line with said coin-ejector, n'ieans for directing the coin to said arresting means, and a spring yieldingly lmlding said hinged plate in its initial position with the coin in the path ot the coin-ejector, said hinged plate initially being at an angle to the path ot the coin-ejector so that said ejector is on the operation. of said handle moved against the arrested coin said plate will be thereby caused to turn on its hinge and carry the opening therein in line with said coin and permit the coin to escape through the same; substantially as set forth,

1 in a coin-controlled vending machine having a coin-slot plate and a tray for the goods to be sold, a slide n'iounted below the tray, a handle for operating the slide, a goods-ejector carried by the slide, means for positioning the said ejector, on the operation arresting a proper coin in line with. said coin-ejector, a stationary plate close to said hinged coin-plate and having thereon flanges for directing the coin to said coin-arresting means located between said plates, and a spring yieldingly holding said. hinged plate in its iintial position with the coin in the path of the coin-ejector, said hinged plate initially being at an angle to the path of the coin-ejector so that as said ejector is on the optaration of said handle moved against the arre 1d coin said plate will be thereby cart to turn on its hinge and carry the open 11' ierein in line with said coin and perm 1e coin to escape through the same; substantially as set forth.

25. In a coin-controlled vending machine hai lie, to dislodge a piece of goods are having a coin-slot plate and a tray for the goods to he sold, a slide mounted below the tray, a handle for operating the slide, a goodsejector carried by the slide, means for positioning the said ejector, on the operation of said handle, to dislodge a piece of goods from said tray, a coin-ej ector also carried by the slide, a hinged coin-plate on which a coin may descend from the coin slot and having an opening therein of sufficient size to permit a coin to be forced through it when said opening and coin are in line with each other, means adjacent to said opening for arresting a proper coin in line with said coin ejector, means for directing the coin to said arresting means, and a spring yieldingly holding said hinged plate in its initial position with the coin in the path of the coin-ejector, said hinged plate initially being at an angle to the path of the coin-ejector so that as said ejector on the operation of said handle moved against the arrested coin said plate will be thereby caused to turn on its hinge and carry the opening therein in line with said coin and permit the coin to escape through the same, combined with means for turning said hinged plate "forwardly on the pull of said handle when no coin is held by said coin arresting means; substantially as set forth.

26. In a coin-controlled vending machine having a coin-slot plate and a tray for the goods to be sold, a slide mounted below the tray, a handle for operating the sllde, a goods-ejector carried by the slide, means tor positioning the said e ector, on the operation of said handle, to dislodge a piece of goods from said tray, a coin-ejector also carried by the slide, a hinged coin-plate on which a coin may descend fromthe coin slot and having an opening therein or sutticient size to per mit a coin to be forced through it when said opening and coin are in line with each other, means adjacent to said opening for arresting a proper coin in line with said comcjector, means for directing the coin to said arresting means, and a spr ng yleldingly holding said hinged plate in its initial pos1- tion with the coin in the path of the coinejector, said hinged plate initially being at an angle to the path of the coin-e ector so that as said ejector is on the operation of said handle moved against the arrested coin said. plate will be thereby caused to turn on. its hinge and carry the opening therein in line with said coin and permit the coin to escape though the same, combined with a magnet yieldingly held against the outer face of said plate and exposed through an opening in said plate above said coin an resting means, means for turning said hinged plate forwardly on the pull of said handle when no coin is held by said coin-arresting means, and an arm carried by said slide for pressing said magnet from said plate on said pull of said handle; substantially as set forth. a

27. In a coin-controlled vending machine having a coin-slot plate and a tray for the goods to be sold, a slide mounted below the tray, a handle for operating the slide, a goods-ejector carried by the slide, means for positioning the said ejector, on the operation of said handle, to dislodge a piece of goods from said tray, a coin-ejector also carried by the slide, a hinged coin plate on which a coin may descend from the coin slot and having an opening therein of sufficient size to permit a coin to be forced through it when said opening and coin are in line with, each other, means adjacent to said opening for arresting a proper coin in line with said coin-ejector, means for direct ing the coin to said arresting means, and a spring yieldingly holding said hinged plate in its initial position with the coin in the path ten cent piece when a one cent piece is the proper coin, to without the machine where it may be regained by the customer; substantially as set forth.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 22nd day of November A. D. 1909.

- ELIJAH F. SPAULDING.

lVitnesses ARTHUR MARION,

CHAS. C. GILL. 

